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Alternative Job Description - Mortuary Technician

Carla wanted to work in a mortuary ever since she was a little girl. UK Pathologists prefer not to call it a morgue...

Alternative Job Description - Female Artist Model

Life modelling involves taking your clothes off and letting strangers depict your form on canvas for money. Worth it?

Meet indie sexytime film producer Ms Maggie Mayhem

Miss Maggie Mayhem talks candidly about the perks and pitfalls of her work. It sounds almost like any other start-up business, but with more travel and less clothing. This interview is SFW.

How to Become a Hero for Hire

Dressing up as a superhero, princess or mermaid for a living. Dream job? Dream job. It can pay well, too. Candace has spent the last two years as a Hero 4 Hire...

Alternative Job Description - Corsetiere

Tips on becoming a corsetiere - an interview with Marianne Faulkner, designer of the San Francisco based Pop Antique line which focuses on sustainable, unqiue corset design.

Busking Tips - How to be a Busker

Student? Unemployed? Good news. Busking is a brilliant alternative to regular work. As a busker you can get creative, earn money, wear what you like... Become a bona fide street artist with our practical busking tips, legal woowahs, busking links & more.

Want to write film reviews?

If you're a talented writer who loves film and wants build a journalistic portfolio writing film reviews or fascinating film features, Bestforfilm.com wants YOU. Find out more.

How to become an Archaeologist

Wish to be a real-life Lara Croft or Indiana Jones? Archaeology may not live up to those expectations but it's rewarding, satisfying and (sometimes) exciting! It's also tough, dirty and cold...

How to become a stained glass window designer

What are the joys and pitfalls of designing and making stained glass windows? Is it dangerous to work with glass? Do you meet people as fascinating as the unusual art you're creating? Tell us, oh Stained Glass Designer Lady...

How to be a webcomics writer

Interview with Caryn A. Tate, webcomics writer and creator of Red Plains. What are the perks and pitfalls of writing webcomics? Is there money in it? How does one get started? And can girls enjoy the violence and corruption of the Old West?

How to survive your first year at university

First year at university: How to make choices about your university course, student accommodation, friends and personal growth so your first year at college or university makes the mark on your life you wanted.

Going back to college

College advice: Calling mature students! Our going back to college advice will help you return to further education, all smiles and no tears.

Alternative Job Description - Theatre technician

Theatre jobs: Theatre technicians are the rebeles without applause. Behind the scenes, lighting, audio and backstage technicians are brave and talented gremlins who make the show happen...

How to get work at festivals

Summer jobs: There's nothing like planning ahead. If you're a festival junky who needs their fix but can't afford the tix, our guide to volunteering at festivals will get you into your favourite festivals for free.

How to be a librarian

Career guides: Molly and Samantha are two librarians who feel they have finally found their calling in life through librarianship, a job with endless variety.

How to be a film and TV extra

Unusual jobs: Are you a student, or individual with spare time on your hands? Desirous of extra cash? Have you considered becoming a film and TV extra?

How to set goals for a new career path

Careers guide: We show you a SMART way of thinking (that's an acronym, yo) that shows you how to set short term and long terms goals for the career of your dreams.

How to become a video game designer

Games design: From summer work experience at games companies to game design creativity exercise to joining forums, getting games desing degrees - and, of course, playing games - we offer 10 steps to becoming a video game designer.

Vocational courses vs academic careers

Vocational courses: Vocational courses are ones based on creativity rather than academia. Both are marvellous, but a vocational course choice will always be questioned. Muinat looks at the inherent snobbery involved in career choices...

Office jobs and piercings in the workplace

Piercings in the workplace: Alternative? Facing the grim prospect of an office job? We give you advice on work hairstyles, timekeeping, office dress and piercings in the workplace. Don't hide your individuality - temper it.

How to be a fashion writer. A good one.

Writing jobs: Since the first cavewoman dolled herself up for a night on the desert and drew a picture of it on her cave wall, fashion has been a huge part of human life. Many years later, as the printing press came about, people started writing magazines on it. Editor of Lipstick Royalty Magazine, Rachel Phipps tells us what that's all about.

How to get into volunteering and volunteer work

Volunteer work: Why volunteer? How to get started? And where to do it? Volunteering is a way to give something back. Danni's birds-eye view may encourage you to take your interest in volunteering a step further...

Secs in the City: A girl's guide to office temp work

Part time jobs: Got a flak jacket? Given the current situation of rising unemployment, more and more women in offices are working on contract. The good news for us girls is that there are more and more contracts out there. Our office temping advice will make you a stand-out temp.

How to look for jobs if you have dyed hair and piercings

Piercings are seen as negative in the workplace but not in all cases. Check out our tips for being an alternative job hunter in a grey world.

Alternative Job Description - Game Store Clerk

Part time student jobs: We had a chat with Kitty Dean about what it's like to work in a gaming store, and if roleplaying games are cooler than console games or if they're floundering like a dying kraken thrashing in the sea (yes they are and no they're not).

How to become a makeup artist

Fashion jobs: The lovely and talented James Clark has put his heart and soul into becoming an established makeup artist, working for money as well as for love. From packing up your kit bag to glamour shoots and networking for indie film contacts, he tells you how to start at the bottom... but aim for the top.

How to be a screenwriter

Writing jobs: You're minding your own business when a parent/teacher/irritatingly mature friend asks you about future plans. You have no idea! Why not follow in Joss Whedon's footsteps and get into screenwriting?

Alternative Job Description - Music producer

We Like It Edgy is a music producer. It's a competitive industry but there are ways to survive and flourish, especially if you go above and beyond your training...

Become a female train driver

Unusual jobs: Meet Alena, a girly pagan train driver. There are only 2 other girls on her team but she's treated equally by the boys and on nights out they look after her. She can have her hair any colour she likes, she can drive 100mph legally AND she earns over £35k a year. So who wouldn't want to be a train driver?

Alternative Jobs - Interpreter

Unusual jobs: Meet Briggie, Intrepid interpreter and globetrotter who often attends 2 or 3 major world conferences in as many countries all in one week! So much expenses-paid travelling and jetsetting can't be too bad a job, so we asked her how she got into it.

Alternative Jobs - Hypnotherapist

Unusual jobs: Hypnotherapy (using hypnosis to help people heal themselves) is not the same as hypnotism (using hypnosis to make people think they are a chicken). Most courses won't let you in before you're 24 so you can live your life first...

Alternative Jobs - Graphic designer

Unusual jobs: LaJura is a free spirit who realised theatre work wasn't going to pay a regular wage and got into designing t-shirts, business cards for models, flash websites and more...

Alternative Jobs - Nurse

Unusual jobs: Cookie True describes what it's like to have a truly caring support system at work, be able to keep your tats/piercings/hairstyle, and what it's like to deal with cutters and people in a depressed phase of their lives as part of your job.

Become a gothic alternative model

Alternative models: Pepsi is an alternative goth model who calls the shots - she works part-time with who she wants and gets to vamp up in her own clothes for the camera. She does need to take safety precautions though... find out if you too would like to be an alternative model.

Music jobs: Become an online radio DJ

Unusual jobs: After a false start of loving Kylie and the Spice Girls, Hayley Foster discovered riot grrl and now hosts her own female-fronted music show on Catnip Radio. Find out how she did it, and how you can do the same.

How to create a web comic

Thanks to the popularity of Subculture of One and the friendly feel of the Mangapunk community, Rachel Nabors has done a lot to change the face of web comics.

Alternative Jobs - Flight booker

Mama Africa Orange (blatently not her real name) spills the beans on how mind-shredding and unglamorous it can be working in the tourist industry...

How to become a fashion and music photographer

Whether you're drowned in festival mud, being spat on by music fans or smooched and told 'you look lovely too, darling' by male models, you'll never look back as a fashion / music photographer, says Shirlaine Forrest.

How to become a makeup artist

The real downside of being a make-up artist is the constant danger of a bad back or being involved in soft pr0n shoots (the two aren't related). The upside is it's one of the best jobs in the world, says Andrea Perry-Bevan

Become a rock singer

Ex-screamer of the Dirty Burds (RIP), current screamer in The Swankers, the rockalicious Jiggy Burd tells you how to become a rock singer and what to do with the swathes of skinny indie boys dying to kiss your hand when you come off stage...

Become a primary schoolteacher

Nadia Foley-Comer knows that if you want to warp expand little childrens' minds and have them grow, there's nowt more satisfying than becoming a primary school teacher. It's the career that's as alternative as you are.

Become a Marilyn lookalike

Wanta wiggle in high heels and fend off bitchy profesh Marilyn wannabes? Got hot looks and a GSOH? You could have what it takes to be a Marilyn Monroe lookalike...

Become a music video director

Stacey Goldschmidt helps out the underground music scene she loves by making music videos for the guys and gals concerned. Find out why her job is more fun than a hatful of rabbits.

Become a start-up magazine editor

Holly Kirkwood co-created and edited a super-sexy and dare we say 'fresh' magazine called SpinOff. It was for people who usually get their politics from gangsta lyrics and watching South Park. It all happened by accident, but it sold well and changed her life for ever. Could you see yourself doing the same?

Alternative Jobs and Interesting Jobs for Students

We interview people with alternative jobs to give students an idea of how to get into alternative careers. Unusual jobs rock.